Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Hawaiian Wood Craft - by Barabbas M. Gould



Barabbas M. Gould was born on Long Island, in New York. Growing up in a middle class family with Hungarian, Jewish, Russian and Italian heritage. He's a multi-skilled craftsman, mixed media artist and very intelligent guy with a strange sense of humor that keeps most people here laughing.
He has worked on "Off Broadway" as a production manager for 'Screaming Venus Theater Company'. Was trained as a Gentleman's Gentelman" and is a great cook. Currently serving the community as a property manager and general carpenter, specializing in our senior members.

He also happens to be a minister working with several churches and missions localy and jokes that all he needs now is a boat to complete the complex.  

In his spare time he likes to craft various items from local wood generously supplied by our neighborhood saw mill owner, Jeff Anderson,(Thank you Jeff.) Some of the hand made and if I do say so myself, beautiful wood creations are from island woods such as; Koa, Ohia, Mango, Monkey Pod, Eucalyptus and Sandalwood.

He is also my husband, friend and business partner. We met in Hawai'i and after 5 years we married at our favorite black sand beach in Kalapana. 

 This blog will show you some of his work. Some are still available and can be purchased. He can make you almost anything and enjoys attempting new requests, just ask. He priviously made some; planchette(s), custom-made crosses for specific denominations of faith, bookmarks, hair pins, a heart shaped jewerly holder, menorah, even a life sized surfboard in the old style, business card holder & letter opener set, cutting board, birdfeeder, paddles,
and much more...

Every work, from as small as he could craft to as large as he could jamb through the saws,  has been a challange, but they have all turned out as a unique work of art and I am proud of his abilities.




Paddle; Koa, Monkey Pod and Mango
SOLD
Business Cards Holder with
 detachible surf board letter opener;
Koa and Mango
SOLD



Birdfeeder; Koa, Ohia, Mango
PERSONAL ITEM
NOT AVAILABLE






 

 
Small Gift Items
Pendant with Koa and Mango
Back-Scratcher with Ohia, Koa and Purple Heart
Hair-Pin with Ohia
Honu Pendant with Koa
Koa Fireplace Handle

PERSONAL ITEMS OR SOLD
NOT AVAILABLE

                                                                                                   

 




 Bookmarks
Custom Bookmark; Koa
SOLD
Bookmark; Antique Koa
SOLD
"Hawai'i" Bookmark; Mango
SOLD


"Aloha" Bookmark; Mango
SOLD




 Big and Small Crosses




Big and Cross;
Koa, Mango
SOLD
These 3 crosses has been made for the Saints of Molokai AVAILABLE
 Small Crosses SOLD
 


His latest assortment of crosses for Christmas 2011 SOLD




               
Anniversary Jewerly Box  


Koa, Mango and Purple Heart 









PERSONAL ITEM
NOT AVAILABLE


 



He made so many wonderful items, that this blog page is too small to show it all.
But here some NEW items and they are AVAILABLE

From Wikipedia: A planchette (play /plænˈʃɛt/ plan-shet), from the French for "little plank", is a small, usually heart-shaped flat piece of wood that one moves around on a board to spell out messages or answer questions.











Planchettes
from Hawaiian Woods
and Handmade Cloth Pouch



Small Planchette with Hemp Cord;
Koa and Sandalwood
AVAILABLE

Planchette;
Ohia and Purple Heart
NOT AVAILABLE












Planchette;
Redwood, Curly Mango and Ohia
AVAILABLE



Planchette;
Koa, Mango and Purple Heart
SOLD



 Planchette;
Curly Mango with an Ivy Design
AVAILABLE



 Pendulum made by Hawaiian Koa and Ohia
Custom Made
SOLD



Our latest Custom Order made with Mango wood is a Door Saddle. Wood-burning made by Katalin E. Csikos-Gould. Pam and Bob used my artistic vision and let me follow my visions. On the raw mango wood, I saw the Hawaiian Mountains: Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. The lines were already outlined naturally in the wood, but not everyone had the same vision. So this is how it turned out.





















Barabbas can also make you custom items
from your own trees/woods.

Please contact Barabbas if you have any idea.


Monday, November 21, 2011

MELE KALIKIMAKA - Holiday Offer of HazelMoon's Hawaiian Tarot and Hawaiian Christmas Cards



Mele Kalikimaka

*** 
 Merry Christmas
These Christmas cards are available at Zazzle and they has been created
by Katalin E. Csikos who also created HazelMoon's Hawaiian Tarot.


I have great news! Me as a creator ofHazelMoon’s Hawaiian Tarot”,  offering a steeply reduced price on my deck for the holidays. This offer expires on December 31st, 2011. I offering my HazelMoon's Hawaiian Tarot deck for $8.00 each – half the retail price!

You wont see this offer on my website. To take advantage of it, all you need to do is email me, and let me know how many deck you would like. I will send you an invoice, and you can pay through Pay Pal. That is simple as 1, 2, 3...



This deck can be seen here:"HazelMoon’s Hawaiian Tarot
Bonnie Cehovet  review of the deck can be seen here – HazelMoon’s Hawaiian Tarot


Artist/Illustrator
Certified Tarot Grand Master
Reiki Master
Published Author with a new book
(“Tarot, Birth Cards, and You”)
due out this August from Schiffer Publishing

 


Friday, November 18, 2011

Hawaiian Tarot with a Bonus of Hawaiian Wood Bookmarks - Holiday Offer

My husband is a multi-skilled woodworker (as a hobby).
I really adore his woodworking skills.

He priviously made some; planchette, custom-made crosses for specific denominations of faith, bookmarks, hair piece, heart shaped jewerly holder, menorah, surfboard business cards holder, cutting board, birdfeeder, paddles, a woodburning stove handle, and much more... I will dedicate a whole blog-spot for his wood-creations as soon as possible!

Each tiny and big costume work has been a challange, but they were all turned out as a unique work of art.



Some of his wood creations (on these photos)



Koa/Ohia Business Card Holder 
Koa Honu/Turtle Pendant
Koa/Mango Crosses
Mango Bookmark
Koa/Ohia/Mango Birdfeeder
Koa/Ohia/Mango Paddle














Today's Special is:

Buy 1 HazelMoon's Hawaiian Tarot and you will get 1 FREE beautiful, handmade bookmark from him.
We have 3 choices:
Koa, Mango or Red Eucalyptus.









FREE Koa Bookmark with a purchase of HazelMoon's Hawaiian Tarot


FREE Mango Bookmark with a purchase of HazelMoon's Hawaiian Tarot
SOLD


FREE Red Eucalyptus Bookmark with a purchase of HazelMoon's Hawaiian Tarot






Buy ONE Hawaiian Tarot for $16.00
and get ONE Handmade Bookmark for FREE